Oct 5, 2025
NASA astrophysicist and JPL Exoplanet Science Ambassador
Anjali Tripathi joins Andy,
Jesse and Matt to talk about exoplanets and the different ways of
finding them including radial
velocity, transits and gravitational microlensing, the
challenges of studying planetary atmospheres, why telescopes are
built in deserts or in space, Anjali’s time at the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy, science communication
projects like the Logic 44ever rap video, the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space
Telescope, dark matter, lasers in astronomy, Halloween at the White
House, the odd “smells” of other planets and how to take a
virtual tour of
JPL.
